I Was Chosen as the Saint’s Husband

196 – Part 2 Episode 25, Sisters (2)

Write… I never thought nuns would want to become priests.

It’s inevitable to be worried that something might happen, right?

To begin with, nuns and priests are polar opposites.

A nun is someone who truly dedicates everything to God, and a priest is just like a civil servant in the religious order.

It is said that a religious person came to receive education to become a civil servant.

That is, a nun who has cut off all ties with the world.

“Something must be going on. Why do we care about that?”

“Hmm… I don’t think it’s that simple…”

“After all, you are a person who serves God, right?”

“Is that so…?”

Well, just because you’re a priest doesn’t mean you don’t serve God.

As a low-level priest, don’t I also have blind faith in the goddess?

Of course, before my memories came back, I used to complain a little.

I was a little confused at the time, so I think the goddess would understand.

Besides, there is nothing different about educating nuns.

On the contrary, wouldn’t it be easier for us since the nuns would be quieter?

“I think I can assure you that it’s much more comfortable than last time.”

“so do i.”

There was only Ace.

At least it’s better than last time because there’s no pay cut.

*

First of all, there are no classes on the first day of admission.

The day ends with taking the prospective priests around, showing them what’s here and there, and taking questions, including essential information such as where to take classes.

The first thing that needs to be done is assigning a dormitory.

This time, of course, we should start from the front room and assign rooms to the back.

That’s the easiest to manage.

I feel torn when I go from managing 150 people to thinking I only have to manage 50 people.

“There will be a number you received when you became a reserve priest! Just enter that number in order and enter the room in front of you.”

Among the prospective priests who came to the church headquarters this time, the earliest number was 10032.

Then, number 10032 can go into room 101.

The next number is 10041.

You can think of this person as going into room 102.

If you ask why the numbers are mixed up…

In the first place, training for prospective priests is not conducted only at the church headquarters.

There are separate training centers in each region.

Last time, the training centers had work to do, so three times as much quota came to the church headquarters.

Now that they have started to function properly, the usual number of people, 50, has come.

“Hey! I have a question!”

As I was watching the nuns find a room and enter, a nun who looked younger approached me and raised her hand, saying she had a question.

I nodded that I could ask questions.

“From what I heard, there are always people who drop out of preliminary priest training. Is that true?”

“Yes, it’s true. However, from what I heard, it doesn’t apply to the jockey trainees.”

“Is…is that really?!”

When I told the story I had heard from the priest earlier, the nuns who were looking around the room rushed outside and surrounded me.

I suddenly wondered what the situation was, and I noticed that the nuns’ dark expressions slightly relaxed.

Could it be that he was worried about the fact that 3 out of 50 people were eliminated?

In particular, last time, 9 out of 150 jockeys were eliminated.

And that is no one else’s business to them.

Because you never know when you might become one of those three.

Looks like you’ve been through a bit of trouble.

It seems like all 50 people are close to each other.

“The church headquarters will not reject those who have given everything to the goddess. So, you can receive training as a priest with peace of mind.”

The words I just uttered were the truth without a single lie.

The church headquarters will never forget their dedication.

So, I think nuns would have been given the opportunity to become priests.

I don’t know who came up with that idea.

Anyway, the nuns look happy, perhaps because I cheered them up.

Then everyone went back into the room and started to rest.

It’s different too…

They don’t make any noise about talking to each other and are very quiet.

…Can’t we just accept nuns or priests as the next prospective priests?

Do you think that would be good?

***

Today, when I went to work humming happily, there was a mountain of payment documents piled up on my desk.

Even though it is an approval document that I do not need to do, the people at the church headquarters always try to receive approval documents from me, perhaps out of greed.

What is it for?

Don’t you usually find it annoying to get approval from a high-ranking person?

Of course, you don’t say that out loud.

Some people might think that I am an insincere person.

anyway! I guess I’ll have to work hard today too.

I’m already smiling at the thought that my wife is also at the church’s headquarters and we can have lunch together.

The prospective priests would have arrived by now…

Oh, by the way, I said that all of the riders this time were nuns.

Previously, we had posted an appeal as a group at a gathering of nuns.

Although she became a nun who devoted everything to the goddess, she wanted to work as a priest for the future of the religious order.

Since nuns are disconnected from society and serve the goddess, I thought they would naturally be ignored by the higher-ups…

Surprisingly, the higher-ups did not think it was a bad idea for a nun to become a priest of the religious order.

They are basically devout people and have more perfect humanity than anyone else.

A person who does good deeds not in exchange for money, but only for self-satisfaction and contribution to the Goddess, right?

So the headquarters of the religious order allowed nuns to become priests.

Of course, the priests were also allowed to become priests, and the priests will become reserve priests next month.

“Could you please check if the reserve priests have arrived?”

“I thought that would be the case, so I checked in advance. A large carriage entered the training center about 30 minutes ago, and a total of 50 people arrived safely.”

“As expected, he’s capable.”

“That’s too much praise.”

She is so competent that she anticipated what you would ask and knew in advance.

I am so thankful that you became my guardian priest.

By the way, what do other priests think besides me?

I’m a little worried that nuns and priests might think negatively about becoming a priest.

The work of a priest and a priest/nun is significantly different.

Additionally, priests and nuns are people who have taken an oath to dedicate everything to the goddess and to cut off ties with the secular world.

For such people to become priests does not mean severing ties with the secular world, but rather to directly participate in the secular world.

“Serina?”

“Yes, Your Grace.”

“What do you think about nuns becoming priests?”

“Hmm… isn’t this a good direction?”

“Is this a good direction?”

It’s a slightly different reaction than I expected.

It seems like the priests don’t think too badly about it either.

However… I’m curious as to why such an opinion is being expressed.

It’s not bad…

“Your Majesty, I heard that most of the nuns offer up everything to the Goddess and then pray or chant.”

That’s right.

Nuns do many things in cathedrals across the country.

Running a free soup kitchen or a free study room.

At our denomination headquarters, we are taking the lead in reducing hunger and illiteracy to zero, which is a top priority.

“If you are in the field, you will know what was lacking or what needs to be improved during such relief activities.”

“In fact, they probably know much better than office workers like us.”

“Yes, so if the people who did those things became priests, wouldn’t the church be more efficient and be able to improve by making up for its shortcomings?”

“Serina is smart as expected…”

I can’t believe you saw something I hadn’t thought of.

Serena seems to have a good head as expected.

I know my shortcomings because I have experience in the field…

And I want to work hard as a priest of the church to make up for those shortcomings…

I think I can understand why the higher-ups immediately granted the nuns’ request.

It seems that the higher-ups in the religious denomination department also recognized the fact that the religious denomination needed to change slowly.

Stagnant water tends to rot.

No matter how cold it is outside, as long as the heater magic tool is running, you need to ventilate in the winter to blow out bad air and bring in new air.

And the people who will be the first runners of that new wind are nuns.

“Will this change our church headquarters a little?”

“It will change a lot. Nowadays, aren’t low-ranking priests leading the church headquarters?”

“That’s true too.”

For a high-ranking priest to say that…

Once again, the presence of the West seems big.

But, Seobu-nim, to be exact, isn’t this a new wind?

He is also the root of the Hellenic Church, so to be precise, it is bad air…

Sigh…. What am I talking about?

Bad air for the West…